Posted on 06/11/2004 10:14:03 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A college disc jockey who was initially fired after devoting a radio show to celebrating the death of Ronald Reagan will be reassigned to another job until he can respond to complaints about his actions, officials said Friday.
Scott Hornyak, a 28-year-old undergraduate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was told Friday that he was fired from his paid position as business manager at KSUA-FM, a student-run station.
A university spokeswoman later said the firing was premature and the decision was rescinded until Hornyak had a chance to respond to complaints about the Sunday show.
"The university process wasn't followed properly," Debra Damron said. She said Hornyak will be temporarily reassigned to another job.
Hornyak had earlier been suspended indefinitely from his other job as disc jockey. He said Friday night he will appeal any reassignment or termination.
"They're firing me because of what I said, and the public's reaction to what I said," said Hornyak, who goes by the call name "Spider Bui."
H.B. Telling, the station's general manager, said he could not comment on whether Hornyak was fired because of the broadcast. The university has a policy against discussing personnel issues.
No tape of the show was available. But according to Hornyak, he berated Reagan, who died June 5, for his foreign policy in Latin America, Iraq and Afghanistan, and for his response to the AIDS epidemic.
Hornyak said the show was "a celebration that Ronald Reagan was dead, was finally dead," and that he told listeners he wanted to "walk over the newly laid dirt" on Reagan's grave.
Telling said the station received numerous complaints about the show.
Telling said Hornyak was suspended as a disc jockey solely because of his failure to obey the station's rules, not because of the inflammatory content of the show.
He said Hornyak did not fill out a log of the songs he played on air and did not play the station's standard disclaimers announcing that his views did not represent those of the station or the university.
Hornyak said he did not fill out the logs due to absent-mindedness and that he did not play the disclaimer because he was busy taking song requests.
KSUA, like the campus newspaper, is supported by student activity fees and allocated by the campus student government. It is considered independent, Damron said.
Well, he cannot do that anyway...but if he could, I am sure several hundred US Marines and equal numbers from the other services would contest such an action...with their lives!
He must have gotten the info from his lib professors. Of course they will deny they are anti-Reagan. The ideological monopoly of the Left over American higher education says otherwise.
Sorry about the double title, probably overlooked it in my anger over this additional example of beyond-the-pale lefty arrogance.
It happens that I work part-time at a radio station. If one of our DJs did this while I was there, I would be tempted to shoot him myself and announce the fact on the air. This would be an act of necessary and immediate self-defense, just to avoid being shot by mistake when irate listeners started to arrive.
Exactly. Inexcusable ignorance coupled with unmerited arrogance.
"...a 28-year-old undergraduate"
He's a little long in the tooth to be an undergrad, no? The last old undergrad like this I heard about was an accused murderer on Long Island, NY. These perpetual students need to be forced out of school and into real jobs. Otherwise, they just make trouble.
Allow me to repeat:
A 28-year old undergraduate.
Where's the Just Damn Guy.
At that Age, you better have your pH.D or M.D. if you've been in school that long.
Van Wilider lives.
Look on the bright side: so long as he's an undergraduate, it's unlikely he will reproduce.
Future anchorman for the CBS Evening News...
depends on what he's studying, and what his motivation is.
Could be one of those 'permanent students' who keep going to school to avoid entering the real world.
Or he could be getting his masters in something useless like social work, so he can make $25k a year and pay off his student loans by the time he's ready to retire.
I'm wondering if this individual (assuming he is an individual) is a homosexual - he calls himself "Spider bui" which looks like a misprint. Homosexuals often spell "boy" as "boi". Plus he faults President Reagan for the spread of AIDS, which is the homo-speak line.
Whatever Spider boi/bui is, it isn't nice.
You have captured the essence of the story. Didn't know that Univ of Alaska had a delta house.
I was 29 before I graduated college. But, I guess the 5 years I spent in the mid 80's working for my Uncle Sam might of had something to do with it. Somehow, I don't get the feeling this fella has the same reason.
"a 28-year-old undergraduate"
I understand that he's in his 3rd sophmore year.
I was a 32 year old undergraduate when I entered law school. Let us not judge all undergrads by their age. Many have spent 6-8 years in the service. Many others have had to work full time for years to get the money saved up to go to college.
So Mr. Hornyak should understand when the university tells him they were too "absent-minded" and "busy" to re-hire him.
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